Breakdown of Deras granne är mycket gammal.
vara
to be
mycket
much / very
gammal
old
deras
their
grannen
the neighbor
Questions & Answers about Deras granne är mycket gammal.
Does deras change depending on whether granne is an en-word, ett-word, or plural?
No, it doesn't! Unlike min (my) and din (your), third-person possessive pronouns like deras (their), hans (his), and hennes (her) never change their form to match the noun. You will always use deras regardless of the noun's gender or number.
Why do we use the indefinite form granne instead of the definite form grannen? Aren't we talking about a specific neighbor?
In Swedish, whenever you use a possessive pronoun like deras (their), min (my), or hans (his), the noun that follows must always be in the indefinite form. So it is deras granne, never deras grannen.
I learned that mycket means "much" or "a lot". Can it also mean "very"?
Yes! When mycket is used to describe a quantity of a noun, it means "much" or "a lot". But when you put it directly in front of an adjective like gammal (old) or bra (good), it acts as an intensifier and translates to "very".
Why is it gammal here instead of gammalt or gamla?
Adjectives in Swedish have to match the noun they describe. Because granne is a singular en-word (en granne), the adjective stays in its basic dictionary form: gammal. If we were describing an ett-word, it would be gammalt, and if we were talking about multiple neighbors (plural), it would be gamla.
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